More pot talk on tap for council

by peter roper
the pueblo chieftain

Published: March 10, 2014;Last modified: March 10, 2014 05:00AM

City Council will resume its deliberations on how or whether to regulate recreational marijuana stores in Pueblo when it meets for its weekly work session today at 5:30 p.m. in council chambers at City Hall.

The city’s moratorium on recreational pot businesses expires March 31 although council has not made much progress on its deliberations about possible zoning and licensing regulations for those businesses.

Council did adopt regulations for medical marijuana businesses in 2010.

On the regular meeting agenda, council intends to give recognition to two city wastewater workers — Mike Baca and Chad DeVore — who helped rescue an infant who was abandoned on local railroad tracks in a bizarre incident last month.

Ordinances up for final reading include a $550,000 contract for more work on the Northern Avenue Trail.